The Watch Hill Merry-Go-Round was built by the Charles Dare Company of NYC in 1867 using overstocked rocking horses. A traveling carnival brought it to Watch Hill in 1883 and left it there. Originally it was powered by 2 men turning cranks; then it was pulled by a horse; water power was installed in 1897, and in 1914 electricity took over. It is the only continuously operating and surviving flying horse merry-go-round in the country.
